Santos advances to CCL rematch with Sounders

Sounders FC will meet Santos Laguna of Mexico in the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals next month.

Santos advanced with a 3-0 win over Houston tonight, which sent them through on a 3-1 aggregate score. Santo’s goals came from Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Herculez Gomez and Marc Crosas. (In the other game tonight, Los Angeles outsted Herediano and will advance to a semifinal series with Monterrey.)

The Sounders had advanced Tuesday with a 3-1 home win over Tigres, which put them through by a 3-2 aggregate.

Dates for the semifinal round have not been set. However, the series will begin April 2-4 at CenturyLink Field and resolve April 9-11 at Estadio Corona in Torreon.
The Sounders and Santos met in the quarterfinals of last season’s tournament, with Santos eliminating Seattle by a 7-3 aggregate.

After advancing on Tuesday, Sounders coach Sigi Schmid spoke of the potential rematch saying, “We’ve got a score to settle with Santos.”

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The road-heavy span is over. Seattle gets four of its next six matches at CenturyLink Field, starting Saturday against New England. And, of course, the MLS Cup rematch with Toronto FC looms a week later in Seattle.